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General information

Shipmodel Sport International Federation or SMSIF is an international sports public organization which unites all disciplines of ship modeling sport and all types of ship model building.

The founding countries are Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan. The SMSIF headquarters is located in Moscow.

SMSIF is based on the membership of national ship modeling sport federations which have ratified the SMSIF Statute and whose membership has been acknowledged by the Federation.

Official SMSIF languages: Russian, English. Should any questions arise while interpreting sports Rules and any SMSIF documents, the Russian version is legally overriding.
  

Our goals:

• To develop and promote ship modeling sport worldwide;
• To organize international events and competitions, Continental Championships and Cups, World Championships and Cups;
• To regulate ship modeling sport activities carried out by member national federations and other organizations related to SMSIF;
• To ensure compliance with SMSIF internationally recognized rules at all international ship model sport competitions and events that are held under SMSIF auspices and supervision;
• To enhance cooperation, friendly relations and communications between member federations and ship modelers, to make sure that their interests are respected and protected;
• To oppose political, racial, ethnic, gender, religion or any other discrimination at all levels in the sports community;
• To educate and train ship model referees and coaches;
• To support member federations and promote their recognition by their national Olympic committees and\or supreme sports authorities of their corresponding states.
   

How does SMSIF work?

SMSIF administration includes:

• SMSIF Assembly
• Executive Committee
• President
• Executive Secretary

SMSIF Assembly is the supreme governing body of the Federation with regular annual meetings. The year when the world championship is held, the Assembly meeting should be organized the day before the competition starts (among senior modelers).

Only authorized representatives of collective members may attend Assembly meetings (max. 3 representatives per member); Executive Committee members; SMSIF Honorable entities and SMSIF candidate members. Each member national federation has only one vote at the Assembly.

SMSIF Assembly elects the President and Executive Committee members; examines and approves their decisions; approves the reports provided by the President and other administrative bodies; decides upon the annual membership fee; approves SMSIF budget and financial reports; decides upon member national federations’ proposals concerning ship model sport development.

Should SMSIF Assembly deem it necessary, the Executive Committee may include vice-presidents.

SMSIF Executive Committee (headed by the President) is responsible for current SMSIF activities management. The Executive Committee includes the Executive Secretary and the Executive Director. SMSIF Executive Committee members are elected for 4-year terms.

Among their functions are:

• Developing and changing International SMSIF Rules regulating ship model sport competitions as well as SMSIF competitions regulations;
• Choosing SMSIF events locations;
• Approving Calendar of SMSIF International competitions;
• Concluding agreements related to SMSIF competitions and other activities;
• Organizing Assembly meetings and ensuring that its decisions are complied with;
• Monitoring SMSIF collective members activities with regard to their compliance with SMSIF requirements;
• Managing SMSIF funds and issuing financial statements to the Assembly.

SMSIF also includes various commissions which run ongoing activities:

• Sports events commission;
• Technical commission;
• Refereeing commission;
• Discipline commission etc.
   

Sports models categories

SMSIF organizes competitions among the following categories of models:

• NS - scaled radio-controlled models;
• C - static models;
• M - speed models;
• FSR - race models;
• S - race radio-controlled yacht models;
• A/B - cord models.

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Why become an SMSIF member?

SMSIF member federations are exclusively entitled to organize World Championships and Cups, Continental Championships and Cups that are held under SMSIF auspices. The organizer will receive full support while selecting referees and generally arranging the events.
 

SMSIF Membership

SMSIF allows for several membership categories:

• Collective members (national ship model sport federations and clubs);
• Members (people);
• Candidate members;
• Honorable entities.

SMSIF can accept only one national ship model federation per country as its Collective member. The Assembly makes all decisions concerning membership applications.

SMSIF Executive Committee may provide the applicant federation with the Candidate member status. This status entitles to participation in international ship model sport competitions and events and SMSIF Assembly meetings without a right to vote. The Candidate member status does not prevent the Assembly from later approving or rejecting the SMSIF membership application submitted by the national federation.

Apart from national federations, SMSIF may accept organizations (among others, sports clubs) and people who practically assist and promote ship model sport. The Assembly elects them after recommendations of the corresponding member national federation or SMSIF Executive Committee.

Honorable entities are people, companies, associations or other organizations who make a significant contribution to ship model sport promotion or considerably assist SMSIF activities. SMSIF Assembly may appoint Honorable entities following proposals issued by member national federations or SMSIF Executive Committee.

Candidate members and Honorable entities are entitled to participation in Assembly meetings and other SMSIF events without a right to vote. They do not have to pay SMSIF membership fees.
 

SMSIF Membership fee

SMSIF Assembly sets the Membership fee.
  

SMSIF Authorities

Dmitriy Kalmykov, President
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Sergey Okonechnikov, Executive Secretary
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Dmitriy Spitsin, Executive Director
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